Early Years Personal, Social and Emotional Development Lead
Required to start in January 2027
£500 per day
Every child deserves the best start in life. The earliest years shape future learning, wellbeing, and success. Through the Best Start in Life strategy, the Department for Education (DfE) is driving higher standards and strengthening the improvement system so that every child can thrive.
To support delivery of commitments made in the Best Start in Life strategy, DfE will be introducing Early Years Learning Leads (EYLL) for personal, social and emotional development (PSED), early language and early maths in each of the Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs (EYSPH) to provide support and training to early years educators. EYLL will be based in EYSPH and will be responsible for:
- Improving outcomes for children by:
- strengthening PSED, early maths and early language provision across early years settings by delivering high‑quality Stronger Practice continuous professional development (CPD).
- providing targeted subject specific support to early years settings to strengthen practice in PSED, early maths and early language.
- Actively engaging with subject‑specific professional development and networks to deepen expertise, share good practice, and support high‑quality delivery across the EYSPH area.
This document relates to EYLLs for PSED ONLY.
EYSPH help early years settings to adopt evidence-informed practice and build trusted networks for sharing effective practice. There are 18 Stronger Practice Hubs in England – 2 per region. The Best Start in Life strategy committed to doubling the number of hubs to 36.
The hubs are strong providers of early years education with sound expertise and knowledge of the evidence base on what works to support child outcomes – trusted local experts that other early year’s providers can look to for advice and support.
For more information about EYSPH please visit: https://www.strongerpracticehubs.org.uk/
